As the weather in New York continues to baffle on a daily basis, spring continues to tease its way into being with sunny days undercut by blistering winds. It was against this unstable backdrop that I finally published an essay explaining my sexual orientation as demisexual and investigated how it's shaped my life. If you haven't checked it out yet, just scroll down below or click here.

Over at Gathering of the Tribes, I published my review of Barry Jenkins' masterful film Moonlight, which flouted conventional wisdom by winning the Best Picture award at this year's Oscars ceremony. Despite the review coming several months after the film opened, I still felt inspired enough by the film to explore how its pacing and anticlimactic nature subverts coming-of-age tropes while drawing a parallel besides Richard Linklater's 2014 film Boyhood, a film that very much should have the Best Picture award that year. With its humanist camera work and patchwork soundtrack, Moonlight not only draws in the viewer by showing them an earnest onscreen portrayal of black identity unlike any before it, but it also challenges the audience's very expectations and assumptions about how such a story can be told. Check it out here.

Finally, after doing three guest radio slots in January, I've started a biweekly radio show called Public Library. I will be mixing records from 2-4pm this Sunday, March 5, and every other Sunday Check out the mix here and scan the tracklist before. And after a quiet January and February, the site will be picking up in the next few weeks as I'll be publishing interviews with musician Pete Swanson about his new label, Freedom To Spend, and renowned visual artist Jaime Zhu alongside a new essay on the awkward process of coming out as demisexual, and essays looking at current music culture. Thanks for reading!